Biro, 86, Inventor Of The Ball Point Pen

October 26, 1985

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Ladislao Biro, 86, the man who invented the ball point pen, has died. Biro, who developed the pen while working as a reporter in his native Hungary, moved to Argentina at the outset of World War II. He later sold the pen's license to a U.S. company and reportedly made less than $700,000 for the pen.